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Zombie Report By ISP
twitter writes "Information Week has a summary of a report by Prolexic detailing Zombie activity by ISP, country and population statistics. AOL, the largest provider, had the most zombies but lower rates than others. Fourth largest Earthlink was not in the top 20. The information is gathered from hundreds of customer sites." From the article: "Weinstein went on to say that Prolexic's numbers were actually good news for AOL. 'It's a demonstration that the tools we provide are keeping members safe. Our very aggressive actions -- we provide anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall services to our users -- make them measurably safer than those on other ISPs.'"
That the AOL users are zombies.
RTFA again for the best results.
What do we want?
Brains!
When do we want them?
Brains!
AOL, the largest provider, had the most zombies
Sometimes jokes just write themselves...
There is nothing more practical than a good abstract theory.
we provide anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall services to our users
BUT WAIT! There's more!
If you act now, we'll throw in ANOTHER anti-virus service at no extra charge! All this for only 89.95!
Okay, I'm not supposed to do this, but I'll personally add another EXTRA anti-spyware monitoring system AND take off 50 bucks from the retail price!
All this and more for only 3 easy payments of 39.95!
Everyone knows the nexus for zombies is Haiti. Block the whole country and you should be safe.
So AOL has lower rate than some others. Doesn't really matter - since they have the most zombies in absolute numbers, blocking AOL from your IP range will give the most bang for the block anyway.
Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
1. Participation in Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks
2. EATING BRAINS
You know those underlined bits in the summary at the top of this page? They're called hyperlinks, and you can click on them... try clicking on the second one.
aol should read this...
You know, I've talked to AOL on the phone alot, and I have to agree with this article...it does seem that a high percentage of people working for AOL are zombies.
Don't take life so seriously. No one makes it out alive.
Too bad AOL's spyware and firewall don't block the spyware that is AOL inherently... Here is how my AOL experience has gone.. 1. Install AOL software 2. Realize AOL software stinks and sends out all kinds of info back to AOL that I dont want them to have. 3. De-install AOL software. 4. De-install AOL software again after it reloads. 5. De-install AOL software again after it reloads. 6. Use a thermite grenade on my box because AOL angers me.
News Reporters Make Tasty Polar Bear Treats!
Each million AOL subscribers contribute 0.54% of the total DoS load. Thus, the 21.7 million AOL subscribers contribute 21.7 million * 0.54%/million = 11.7% of total load.
I don't understand the report, but that graphic is way cool. Can I get a black light poster of that?
For me, the links don't show as underlined
why, are you using AOL?
*ducks*
There is much cruelty in the universe, John.
Yeah, we seem to have the tour map.